Trump is asked to comment about two of his supporters who brutally beat and urinated on a homeless man while saying, “Donald Trump was right, all these illegals need to be deported,” Trump responds to the question with, "The people who are following me are very passionate. They love this country and they want this country to be great again. "washingtonpost.com(See also Americans in Poverty, Racism, 2016 Campaign, Hate Crimes, Trump Effect)

Trump and Univision come to confidential settlement over Trump's $500 million lawsuit, which he filed after Univision canceled its plans to broadcast Trump's Miss USA pageant in retaliation for derogatory comments Trump made about Mexican immigrants.fortune.com(See also Feuds, Immigrants)

Trump is set to unveil plans to build a border wall between the United States and Mexico, but there is a question of where the money will come from to pay for it.bloomberg.com(See also First 100 Days, Mexico Wall)

The first "DREAMer"—a person covered by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA—has been taken into custody in immigrant crackdown under Trump administration.reuters.com(See also Immigration)

2017.02.16

A 23-year-old DACA work permit holder in Seattle faces immigration removal proceedings after his arrest and the termination of his "dreamer" status in part because of a gang tattoo that says "Peace" in Spanish.theguardian.com(See also First 100 Days, Immigration, Immigrants)

A federal judge in Brooklyn said Donald Trump’s language had created a “plausible inference” that the decision to end DACA violated the equal protection clause of the Constitution, and that a lawsuit protecting these young undocumented immigrants from deportation could continue.nytimes.com(See also Immigration, Unpresidential Behavior, Legal Activity)

2016.06.08 Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient and former U.S. Commission on Civil Rights chairman Cruz Reynoso says "Trump's attacks on Judge Gonzalo Curiel poison the social compact of America." (Washington Post)"Never has a dissent been based on the ethnicity of disagreeing justices, nor should it be so. Were that true, as Trump asserts, our judicial system would, in effect, be destroyed."

2016.07.21 The Chicago Sun-Times's Marlen Garcia says Trump is "all in" on anti-Mexican prejudice. (Chicago Sun-Times)"This only served as a stark reminder that instead of backing off prejudiced remarks he made in June 2015 about Mexicans in America being rapists and engaging in criminal activities, Trump stayed all in."

2016.09.20 "Trump and the Truth: The 'Mexican' Judge" (The New Yorker)"Who gets to be an American? Not Curiel, according to Trump, because ‘he’s a Mexican.’ And then Trump took it one step further, implying that Curiel, being a Mexican, was incapable of doing his job."